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title: "Silva refuses to blame Pickford for Spurs thrashing"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/silva-refuses-to-blame-pickford-for-spurs-thrashing/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2018-12-24T14:45:50Z"
modified: "2018-12-24T14:46:25Z"
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# Silva refuses to blame Pickford for Spurs thrashing

Everton manager Marco Silva has refused to single out goalkeeper Jordan Pickford after the 6-2 thrashing by Spurs at Goodison Park, according to a report on the [Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/everton-news-jordan-pickford-error-vs-spurs-tottenham-marco-silva-wont-single-out-goalkeeper-a8697931.html).

Pickford was partly at fault for Tottenham’s equaliser as he came rushing out of the box, only to collide with teammate Kurt Zouma, allowing Heung-Min Son to curl the ball into the empty net.

![Jan Kruger/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2018/12/1074676818.jpg)

Pickford was also lucky to escape without punishment for a late lunge on England colleague Dele Alli.

Despite his below-par performance, Silva believes that Pickford should be given all the blame because the rest of the team weren’t up to the required standard.

He said:

> It is our job. Not just with Jordan, with all of them.

> My job is to give them feedback. These type of things happen in the game.

> It is something which has happened in the last few matches but we have to give them feedback to stop it happening again. Like you expect, everything that I can say about our players I will say inside the dressing room.

The Toffees found it extremely difficult to handle the free-flowing movement of the Tottenham forwards, especially Son and Harry Kane, who both scored a brace each.

Silva will be looking for his side to bounce back at Turf Moor against a struggling Burnley side on Boxing Day.